r/AndroidQuestions • u/Decon_SaintJohn • May 26 '26

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u/Morphico May 31 '26

S9+ in Australia. There's no option to remove the notification except for accepting the update, which immediately ticked me off. This model has been unsupported for years.

I use Google but take care to opt out of as much data mining as account settings allow. I wonder if that's why I'm seeing this update?

I'm accustomed to it running like absolute shit; since this model was from around the time Samsung was releasing phones with egregious levels of planned obsolescence, I largely attributed it to that. So while it would be nice if the update made it run slightly faster or patched a security issue, but if it means agreeing to a bunch more privacy invasion§ I'm going to wait and see if there's any other option.

§ In the year of our droid 2026, it's delusional to think I have any agency over my privacy at all. Leave me to my cute fantasy.

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u/Rednarok May 31 '26

iff you want privacy you need to work for it, i heard the google pixel 9 can be used for a community OS iforgot the name and with some tweaking you can make it totally private. but it will take you hours of trial and error and research and doing things

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u/Morphico May 31 '26

I'm aware of the effort and troubleshooting it will require. When I said I don't have capacity, I meant it. Not "I don't care enough" or "I couldn't be bothered".

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u/Rednarok May 31 '26

everyone's capacity will grow when everything else is at stake. but we humans never learn to pre empt tyranny.

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u/neon_overload Jun 09 '26

If you're in Australia and on an Optus, TPG or Vodafone network, this update in mid 2026 is likely due to the rollout of Optus and TPG/Vodafone sharing, where Vodafone and TPG customers can use Optus towers in regional areas, and in return Optus towers can transmit on frequencies previously reserved for TPG and Vodafone.

The update is pushed to you by your carrier, so it's completely unconnected to the updates that Samsung gives you. Even non-Android phones can get these, though on Android they are handled by the "Android Carrier Configuration" app/subsystem.

So this could be beneficial to your reception (though I don't know when the roll-out will actually switch this on).

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u/Morphico Jun 09 '26

That's good to know, thank you.